Category: News Transcript Opinion
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More attention to speeders, road safety issues needed
I am responding to the cover story of the News Transcript issue I received at my home on July 31. As a neighbor of Emad Nairooz and a friend, I would personally like to thank the News Transcript and staff for responding instantly to cover this potentially tragic event. I would like to address two…
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Racer says track has made efforts to limit car noise
Manalapan vs. Raceway Park once again. Irate homeowners who refused to perform any investigation prior to purchasing their homes are once again looking for a scapegoat for their poor decisions in home selection. Allow me to help. Raceway Park has been around a long time — since 1965 to be exact. Many of these irate…
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Proposed Marlboro zoning changes need more study
The Jersey Shore Group of the Sierra Club has serious concerns about the master plan amendments adopted by the Marlboro Planning Board on June 5. They are now before the Township Coun-cil. The amendments are proposals to change zoning in Marlboro. One of the proposals is to greatly increase the housing density, bringing in 3,453…
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Guest Column
John C. JenningsShifting students will keepdistrict at peak efficiency John C. Jennings Shifting students will keep district at peak efficiency As a regional high school district, we are more diversified and offer many unique programs that a single-town district with a fraction of our student population would not be able to offer. As a district…
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Obituaries
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. JONATHAN VALENTINE, 19, of Freehold Township died Aug. 9 from injuries sustained in a car accident last week in Howell. Born in St. Louis Park, Minn., he…
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Young woman survives, thrives with transplant
Young woman survives, thrives with transplant Never underestimate the will to live and succeed that makes people winners. Getting the gift of life has turned one area woman into a believer in second chances. When she became critically ill in the summer of 1999 at the age of 22, Pam Alexander of neighboring Jackson Township…
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With an eye toward future, board reviews enrollment
Manalapan-Englishtowndistrict expects to add300 pupils in next 4 years By dave benjaminStaff Writer With an eye toward future, board reviews enrollment Manalapan-Englishtown district expects to add 300 pupils in next 4 years By dave benjamin Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education, in a workshop session held Aug. 6, began…
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SARAH DiBARTOLO, 92, of Freehold Township, died July 31 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in New York City, she lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Freehold Township in 1977. Mrs. DiBartolo was a homemaker and dressmaker. She was a member of St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church and the Mercy Outreach Church,…
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JANE PIENTAK, 74, of Howell, died July 28 in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Mrs. Pientak was born in New York City and had lived in Queens before moving to the Surrey Downs adult community in Howell in 1995. She was a homemaker. She was a communicant of St. Catherine of Siena Church, Farmingdale, and…
